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August, 2004

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    Publishing RDP (Terminal Servers, XP Remote Desktop) with TSWeb (and ISA 2004)

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    My last post on TSWeb (aka TSAC or Remote Desktop Web Connection) continues to be one of my most-hit blogs, so I spent a little time working with the TSWeb default connection page to try to simplify some of the bits that people were asking about. The...
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    XPSP2: How To Detect IE6 for SP2

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    A quick note that's becoming something of an internal FAQ - the information below is from MSDN . Detecting Internet Explorer in SP2 You can use window.navigator.userAgent to detect if the browser connecting to your site is Internet Explorer in SP2. var...
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    ISA 2004: Configuring RADIUS (IAS) Authentication for OWA/Web Publishing

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    Note: This is a mildly edited dump of my OneNote page on getting RADIUS authentication configured for a standard HTTP connection through ISA Server 2004, with Basic Delegation enabled (so that you authenticate once for ISA's rules, and the same credentials...
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    PC Games Widescreen Report Card

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    The Wide Screen Report Card I'm working through my vaguely-current catalogue of games to work out what works well in widescreen (nice alliteration there), and document any tweaks required, if I find them. Test System: Athlon XP 2800+ Abit AN7, 1GB...
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    ISA 2004: Why RADIUS Authentication is Cool

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    One of the coolest new features available with ISA 2004 is RADIUS authentication for Web Publishing rules . So, why is this a big deal? Why is this even necessary? Here's the list off the top of my head: ISA no longer needs to be a domain member to authenticate...
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    Running Least-Privilege: Quick'n'Dirty RunAs Batch File

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    This is just a quick CMD file that automates some frequently-used manual steps that I perform when running as a regular user - I have it saved as RNAS.CMD in my Documents and Settings\TristanK folder (as that's where CMD defaults to for me). @echo...
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    My New Toy: An Apple 20" Wide Screen

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    The Desire I finally succumbed to my desire, and decided to get one on Saturday, subject to the following conditions: I had to drive to each Apple centre. I could not call ahead to check availability. It had to be in stock and available right then , otherwise...
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    Comments: Sorry, the evaluation period for this blog has expired!

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    The new site comment policy that's meant to fight comment spam is a global setting to disable comments on all blogs 30 days from publication (if comments are enabled). Low-spam-hit-volume Microsoft bloggers slightly miffed at this turn of events have...
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    Blog Comment Policy

    I'm in favour of open comments on my blog. Usually, I receive "real" comments outweighing the spam by about 10 to 1, which I can deal with. I'm leaving automatic moderation disabled for the time being, but I'll "moderate" comments that... Don't relate...
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    ISA 2004: User Mappings and Failed VPN Connections

    I was working with a customer troubleshooting a VPN connection problem last night. The short version is: If you're seeing VPN Connections fail for no obvious reason, check to see if you have User Mapping enabled in the ISA VPN properties. It's described...
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    TechEd 2004: Tristank's Quick Summary

    So, Aussie Tech Ed 2004 in sunny (but wintry) Canberra is over. I can't wait for next year! I'd volunteered to answer questions at the Just Ask Microsoft stands, and had a great time talking with our customers, MVPs and other Microsoft folk about Windows...
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    ISA 2004: New-Style Log Filtering and Export

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    I covered how I usually end up filtering ISA 2000 logs in a previous post . With ISA 2004, the game's changed! By default, ISA will log to a local MSDE instance, and the new MMC includes a Monitoring section that includes all sorts of useful information...
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    Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group Meeting...

    Doing something different today: I was the Microsoft Warm Body (an official title*) for the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group meeting at the Microsoft building, as regular host and (alleged) FoxPro user A Coat was out of town- in Redmond as it turns out...
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    Updated Comment Policy

    After some well-meaning survey spam, I've needed to re-examine my blog comment policy . So, severely off-topic comments (relative to the post subject) may be Moderated. ( I love euphemisms like "Moderated", when what I really mean is "Annihilated" )....
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    Teched Final Day

    OK, so I've been a tad remiss in blogging about the Tech Ed experience, but I've been so busy talking to people! I'll blog more later. People await!
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